Bijay Kumar Satpathy is a former Indian weightlifter who won the silver medal in the men's Bantamweight event at 1982 Commonwealth Games.[1][2] He was conferred with the Arjuna Award in the year 1981–82 by the Government of India.[3][4]
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| Birth name | Bijay Kumar Satpathy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Berhampur, Odisha, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editSatpathy is a five time national champion in weightlifting from 1977–78 to 1982-83 and represented the Indian Navy and Indian Railways. He won the gold medal at the 1981 Mini Commonwealth Games and later followed up with silver at the 1982 main event at Brisbane. He won the bronze medal at the 1981 and 1983 Asian Weightlifting Championships.[5][6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bijay Kumar Satpathy". Orisports. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES 1982". olympic.ind.in. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018.
- ^ "LIST OF ARJUNA AWARDEES" (PDF). yas.nic.in. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Ravi's Arjuna Award lifts Berhampur's spirits". The Times of India. 30 August 2011.
- ^ "Champion weightlifter in dire straits". The Hindu. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Unsung awardee cries govt neglect". The Telegraph. 1 September 2011.
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